Format: T20I
India vs Afghanistan
Starts: 13 Sep 2026 · 19:00 IST
Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
BCCI / ACB series confirmation, Aug 2026
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T20I · 13 Sep 2026 · 19:00 IST
Delhi, 7 pm. Coin before the card.
Next India night after the IPL gap: a floodlit T20I at Kotla. Sequence first. Names after the toss.
Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Order of work
- Venue: Kotla, lights, September dew
- Toss: chase weight vs bowl-first on a used strip
- Roles, not surnames, until both XIs
- C / VC after the coin
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C lean — after toss After toss: likely the opener who faces the new ball if India chase; a new-ball seamer if they bowl.
VC lean — after toss The other innings. Do not stack C and VC on the same six overs.
IPL 2026 is finished. The next India men’s night on this desk is Sunday 13 September: India against Afghanistan at Arun Jaitley Stadium, 7:00 pm IST. BCCI and the Afghanistan Cricket Board confirmed the three-match set for 13, 15 and 17 September, all at the same ground.
Kotla under lights in mid-September usually means dew later, a used T20 strip, and short square boundaries. Write the venue first: new-ball seam for six overs, then a middle that can grip if the ball stays dry. If the outfield wets, chasing sides keep wickets and spinners lose the ball.
Toss still decides the shape. Bowl first on a sticky used pitch is not the same eleven as chase-with-dew. Do not freeze a five-batter card at tea. Keep one credit until both XIs are out.
Captain (2×) last. On a chase, the opener who sees the new ball is the common 2×; vice-captain (1.5×) a bowler who will drag middle-to-death — or the reverse if you captained the ball. The television armband is not automatically yours.
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